The Hollywood Writer’s Strike: It should go on longer

…because the longer it goes on the more it reveals of the conniving, untrustworthy character of the corporate ownership and management of the art & entertainment industry. These guys have to be seen to be believed and you can do that from this article at the Huffington Post: Damning Evidence in their Own Words. Read more

Protect Yo’self!—What Is Security?

Hi! Back already? Well, let’s get into it.

This first regular article in the COMPUTERS series deals with the definition of security and points toward where we will be going in future articles. We need this definition because a lot of what you do with your computer actually involves security. Read more

Meet Soo Doh Nim, friend to all Creative Artists

I’m a phonetic prankster as you’ll discover if you read much of my work or chat with me online or otherwise. Forget that sentence. Yeah, yeah, I know “Where is your work apart from here at the Free Articulator?” It’s coming, believe me, all you see happening at the Free Articulator is just part of the set-up.

This is a Creative Artist Marketing article. Soo Doh Nim is not a real person, but a great friend and you really should get acquainted with Soo, because she has a lot to offer every creative individual, and I don’t mean litigation. Read more

The Flockblogger - How do you become one?

It’s simple, you go here, download and install it. You don’t look back.

I’ve been Flockblogging for nearly a month now, thanks to my good friend, Joel Falconer. I don’t yet know all the ins & outs of this most useful of all browsers which is a definite upgrade from Firefox, and suits me as I become a fan and proponent of Really Simple Syndication (RSS). It’s how I do all my news and updates now. Email? Becoming increasingly unimportant, but still useful in a pinch. Read more

The Creative Artist as Global Activist — Applauding Trent Reznor’s Example

In case you hadn’t noticed, I’m a creative activist. When it comes to being a Creative Artist, I think it’s vital to be informed about the world, and to have a well-developed sense of social, political and cultural justice that has a global perspective and not just a national one loyal only to one’s country, for as Creative Artists we serve our country best by embracing the world and serving it through the creation, development and publication of our works, and while these benefit our national economies for the long-term in ways we will be looking at in later articles, they serve humanity first.

As a Creative Artist I embrace without reservation the ideas of Lennon’s Imagine and support nationalism only to the degree that my country, of which I am justifiably proud (most of the time), acts in a socially global sense that has the interests of humanity and nothing else at heart. John Lennon’s website is beautiful, and I wholeheartedly recommend a visit.

Once informed, we utilize our ability to communicate to:

1. Increase awareness and attention about issues that affect humanity - this is non-partisan, apolitical, pro-survival and has the aspect of a care-taking custodial role.
2. Protect communication lines and channels that carry information and the quality of content on those channels.
3. Place constructive ideas into society.
4. Use this information to craft works of art & entertainment that while entertaining, also inform lives and make them worth living.

Why is this important to the definition and role of a Creative Artist?

Because, it is the people who lift us up on their shoulders when they support the publication of our creative works as we develop them, and help us attain positions of influence, that well-managed and from a traditional perspective, help us to balance the books of success when it is attained.

It is not a company or a corporation that Creative Artists owe our allegiance and loyalty to, rather it is the people of the world who support our works that we represent, and whose trust we must not abuse.

So, when I find out from Danny Schecter’s Media Channel that Trent Reznor is involved in tackling the media, I get excited!

Video: The Warning
ArtofMentalWarfare.com presents The Warning, a politically powerful new music video featuring Grammy Award-winning artist Trent Reznor. The Warning takes on the covert interests behind the war and our media saturated society. From war crimes to the destruction of the environment and a celebrity-obsessed culture, The Warning is a clarion call to action for an apathetic nation.

Opening Statement: Let The Media War Begin
The mainstream media is an elaborate and sophisticated propaganda apparatus that is designed and utilized to deceive, manipulate, dumb down, distract and marginalize the American public.

No, not only the American public. But also the rest of the world, who buy into and are subjected to the American mythology through works of culture that America exports all over the world.

Code Point 6 of the Code of a Creative Artist covers these aspects of being a Creative Artist. But many other points of the code are as relevant. This is not some arbitrary code created out of thin air, or vague imaginings, it defines and describes exactly how Creative Artists operate in the world, and by doing so, serve the world. It is our job to do so by imagining.

So I applaud, what Trent Reznor is doing as a Creative Artist. David Vincent? I’m not so sure about his grasp on the reality of blogging, probably he has not read the Free Articulator yet (chuckle), but I do agree with what he is saying and promoting with regard to big media and wish him every success.

The Editor and the Medium: How to Ensure your Success

Editing and proofing any work of art & entertainment is the final part of the production process before the work is delivered to the intended public. It is the most important phase in the ending of the work, and it is a demanding process requiring a great deal of knowledge and experience that can only be truly gained by doing it.

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Clear Channel Censors Bruce Springsteen airplay; Annie Lennox and Fogerty also censored!

Not too long ago we commented on the fact that AT&T censored Pearl Jam. At the same time we mentioned Clear Channel censoring the Dixie Chicks, well now they’re at it again. According to Blah3, they have censored Bruce Springsteen’s album:

Clear Channel has sent an edict to its classic rock stations not to play tracks from “Magic.” But it’s OK to play old Springsteen tracks such as “Dancing in the Dark,” “Born to Run” and “Born in the USA.”

The first place you observe this rise of tyranny and loss of freedom is in the communication channels that permit freedom of expression; and it is almost always the arts where you first observe oppression. Why? Because artists are not afraid to communicate, and they know they play an important role in the preservation of civilization and free civil society, as Nick Coleman points out in his article. Read more

The Points of the Creative Artists’ Code: Eight - Your work is your responsibility

In this article explaining the eighth point of the Code of a Creative Artist, NDK Creative Artist discusses the responsibility artists have to protect the integrity of their art. — Joel Falconer, Editor-in-Chief

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The Points of the Creative Artists’ Code: Seven - Never invalidate another artist’s constructive work…

In NDK Creative Artist’s seventh article on the Points of the Creative Artists’ Code, we learn that every artist’s work is valid - it’s sometimes just a matter of how well it communicates its intention.

Modern art, for instance, fails miserably at communicating anything, so while there is often valid meaning behind the work, the work is an inadequate way of communicating that meaning. Read on for more! - Joel Falconer, Editor-in-Chief

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Marketing: Quality of Promotional Items

Marketing is first and foremost a Perception-thing; it’s about image in the PR sense. “What image do you want to have?” is the same as saying “How do you want to be perceived?” The answer will determine the quality of your promotional items.

You can determine to control perception or you can leave it to chance. The techniques, tools and items of marketing are employed to bring about the control of perception. Depending on how they are used they can heighten perception of value — enhancing want — or they can degrade it.

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